Currently I am creating a backup of a PC to an external drive, and everything is working great! I am creating a monthly full backup, and then an incremental backup daily. I am then looking to offload these backups to an external site, such as Amazon S3/Dropbox/Etc.
However, due to the current limitations of internet speeds offered in my area, especially upload, I am experiencing extremely long upload times. To combat this I am looking to minimize the amount of data that has to be uploaded to the cloud service.
So my question is a bit of an odd one... if I were wanting to restore anything at all, do I need all of the files? Meaning, do I need all the .vib files, or would only the .vbm and .vbk files allow me to do a partial restore? I'm fully aware that by excluding the .vib files I would be losing out on any changes between full backups.
Or is there another suggestion someone can offer?
I appreciate all responses!
Edit: Should have elaborated, to upload the .vbm/.vbk files initially takes about 1.5-2 weeks, then by the time it's done there's already so many files that need to be uploaded and I worry that they won't finish before the next full backup, at which point they would fall out of retention. Could buy more storage so that I could increase the retention period, but the main problem would still exist
